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Reconstruction 1865-1877

Reconstruction 1865-1877 12 years after the Civil War when former Confederate States were brought back to the United States. New Amendments. 13 th Amendment : Bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories. Amendment: change to the Constitution. New Amendments.

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Reconstruction 1865-1877

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  1. Reconstruction 1865-1877 12 years after the Civil War when former Confederate States were brought back to the United States.

  2. New Amendments • 13th Amendment: Bans slavery in the United States and any of its territories Amendment: change to the Constitution

  3. New Amendments • 14th Amendment: Grants citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. and guarantees them equal protection under the law • 15th Amendment: Ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition of servitude • Radical Republicans believed the South should be forced with an army to ratify the 14th and 15th amendments Amendment: changes to the Constitution

  4. Reconstruction Policies: • Policies were harsh and created problems in the South • Reconstruction attempted to give rights and freedom to freedmen

  5. Reconstruction Policies • Southern military leaders could not hold office • African Americans could hold public office • Northern soldiers supervised the South Military Reconstruction Act:divided the South into military districts. Northern soldiers were sent to enforce reconstruction polices.

  6. Freedmen’s Bureau: • Created during Reconstruction • The country’s 1st federal relief agency • Established to aid former enslaved African Americans from the South • Gave out meals, medical supplies, and clothing • Set up schools for African Americans • Educated more than 250,000

  7. Freedom • Civil Rights Act of 1866: • African Americans gained equal rights • Authorized the use of federal troops for its enforcement

  8. Carpetbaggers • Northerners who moved to post war South to profit from the South • Name was given because of cheap suitcase made of carpet • Southern resented Northern “carpetbaggers” who took advantage of South duringreconstruction

  9. Scalawags • White Southern Republicans • To be a southern republican was seen as being a traitor to the South

  10. Black Codes As freedmen gained their freedom and some rights, Southern states started Black Codes to restrict black rights • Black Codes limited the economic and physical freedoms of former slaves • Curfews (could not go out after sunset) • Vagrancy (those convicted of not working were fined for years work) • Land restrictions (could only rent homes in rural areas)

  11. Sharecropping • A farming system where white planters rented individual pieces of land to freedmen in return for a large portion of crops • Limited freedmen’s economic freedom

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